SCRABBLE in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of SCRABBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
scrabble
 v.  move something about by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws; to scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws
 n.  a board game in which players use lettered tiles to create words in a crossword fashion.
Classic Sentence:
1  That's the one which the prisoner has to scrabble on the wall.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII.
2  We struck for the stern of the texas, and found it, and then scrabbled along forwards on the skylight, hanging on from shutter to shutter, for the edge of the skylight was in the water.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
3  But he had to have it; Tom said he'd got to; there warn't no case of a state prisoner not scrabbling his inscription to leave behind, and his coat of arms.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Example Sentence:
1  She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses.
2  Authorities are now scrabbling to piece together where he went and who he encountered, in a bid to halt the spread of the deadly virus.